1679 - 1734
Robert Wodrow Scottish Historian
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Details
| First Name |
Robert
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| Last Name |
Wodrow
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1678
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| Died |
1734
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| Nationality |
Scottish
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| Occupation Text |
minister
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| Occupation |
Historian
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Robert Wodrow (1679 – 21 March 1734) was a Scottish minister and historian, known as a chronicler and defender of the Covenanters. Robert Wodrow was born at Glasgow, where his father, James Wodrow, was a professor of divinity.
Robert was educated at the university and was librarian from 1697 to 1701. From 1703 till his death, he was parish minister at Eastwood, near Glasgow. He had sixteen children, his son Patrick being the "auld Wodrow" of Burns's poem Twa Herds.
